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Alaska hunting by game management unit: harvest, draw hunts and land

ADF&G's interim harvest report counts 7,497 moose taken by 30,359 hunters in the 2025 regulatory year, 3,239 caribou by 7,016 hunters and 394 Dall sheep by 1,531. Its 2025 drawing took 356,147 applications for 356 hunts. Every unit and subunit below has its own page with six seasons of harvest by species, its drawing hunts and who manages its land.

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: ADF&G interim harvest reports, 2020 to 2025. Drawing: ADF&G's 2025 results. Land: USGS PAD-US 4.1.

Map of Alaska's game management units and subunits over federal and state land by manager, each subunit labeled

National wildlife refuge (FWS)National park or monument (NPS)National preserve (NPS)Other National Park Service landBureau of Land ManagementNational forest (USFS)Other federal landState of AlaskaTribal land in PAD-USLocal and other land

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How many animals do Alaska hunters take each year?

Reported harvest over hunters, statewide, by regulatory year (July 1 to June 30):

SeasonMooseCaribouDall sheepMountain goat
20208,300 / 32,27913,320 / 27,812627 / 2,416834 / 1,720
20217,408 / 29,3648,409 / 19,584487 / 2,027656 / 1,502
20227,281 / 29,8613,793 / 13,233424 / 1,814669 / 1,466
20236,628 / 29,2893,252 / 8,052340 / 1,557745 / 1,688
20247,191 / 30,5503,331 / 8,207369 / 1,587719 / 1,677
20257,497 / 30,3593,239 / 7,016394 / 1,531685 / 1,491

Source: ADF&G Harvest General Reports, reports 130 and 330, interim. Reported harvest leaves out animals taken under community and some subsistence permits that report elsewhere.

Which units have the most moose harvested?

UnitMoose, 2025HuntersSuccess
Unit 181,3352,05065%
Unit 20A4561,74626%
Unit 14A3842,41616%
Unit 20B3242,36014%
Unit 13A2421,37018%
Unit 21D24060540%
Unit 15C2161,41115%
Unit 17C20167830%
Unit 21E18527867%
Unit 20D1761,04417%
Unit 16B16361726%
Unit 20C15681219%
Unit 13E15581619%
Unit 17B14834044%
Unit 13B13890615%

Which units have the most caribou harvested?

UnitCaribou, 2025HuntersSuccess
Unit 26B1,0292,31644%
Unit 2352562784%
Unit 25A29544966%
Unit 25C28781035%
Unit 1020433960%
Unit 26A15919880%
Unit 9D11816273%
Unit 22D10511790%
Unit 20E8775112%
Unit 19C5513840%

Which units have the most Dall sheep harvested?

UnitSheep, 2025HuntersSuccess
Unit 127728028%
Unit 20A6319432%
Unit 115116431%
Unit 25A268132%
Unit 26C245941%
Unit 13A2112317%
Unit 14C195733%
Unit 13D156224%
Unit 14A155726%
Unit 20D145227%

Source: ADF&G Harvest General Reports, 2025, interim.

Every game management unit and subunit

ADF&G groups its units into five Division of Wildlife Conservation regions. 16 units are split into subunits and have a page of their own comparing them: Unit 1, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 9, Unit 13, Unit 14, Unit 15, Unit 16, Unit 17, Unit 19, Unit 20, Unit 21, Unit 22, Unit 24, Unit 25, Unit 26.

ADF&G regionUnits and subunits
Region I1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 3, 4, 5A, 5B
Region II6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 7, 8, 14C, 15A, 15B, 15C
Region III12, 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19E, 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20F, 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, 26B, 26C
Region IV9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 10, 11, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 13E, 14A, 14B, 16A, 16B, 17A, 17B, 17C
Region V18, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 23, 26A

Alaska drawing hunts

Alaska's drawing has no points: each application is one chance, and a hunter may send up to six per species. The drawing hunt index lists every hunt with ADF&G's applications, permits and % drawn; 207 hunt areas have their own page.

Do nonresidents need a guide in Alaska?

For three species, yes. ADF&G's 2026-2027 drawing supplement: "Nonresidents who are citizens of the United States are required to be personally accompanied in the field by an Alaska-licensed guide OR an Alaska resident relative 19 years of age or older within the second-degree of kindred when hunting brown/grizzly bear, Dall sheep, or mountain goat." Nonresidents who are not U.S. citizens need a licensed guide for those and for every other big game species, by ADF&G's guide requirements. Moose, caribou, black bear, bison, muskox, elk and deer need no guide for a nonresident U.S. citizen.

Federal law sets what each kind of land allows. A national preserve in Alaska is run like a national park except that sport hunting, subsistence hunting and trapping are allowed (16 U.S.C. 3201); national park and monument land is closed to sport hunting. On federal public land, rural Alaska residents can also hunt under federal subsistence rules, and the Federal Subsistence Board can close federal land to other hunters for a species. Land PAD-US does not map is mostly private, including Alaska Native corporation land, and needs the owner's permission.

Questions hunters ask

How many moose are harvested in Alaska each year?

ADF&G's interim harvest report counts 7,497 moose reported taken in the 2025 regulatory year by 30,359 hunters. Unit 18 led with 1,335, then 20A (456) and 14A (384).

Where are the most caribou taken in Alaska?

In 2025, Unit 26B (1,029 caribou), 23 (525) and 25A (295), by ADF&G's report of the harvest by unit. Statewide, 3,239 caribou were reported.

Do nonresidents need a guide to hunt in Alaska?

Only for brown/grizzly bear, Dall sheep and mountain goat, where ADF&G requires an Alaska-licensed guide or an Alaska resident relative 19 or older within the second degree of kindred. Nonresidents who are not U.S. citizens need a guide for all big game.

How many game management units does Alaska have?

26, split by ADF&G into 73 subunits and whole units in its boundary file. Each has a page here.

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